Word: wings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democratic Party, it was said, had become divided against itself. The 1972 nomination of George S. McGovern demonstrated that one wing of the party--an extreme liberal wing--had wrested control of the party from the hands of those who could form a coalition and get a Democratic president back in power...
...Atwater's vision was not realized this year. Today's GOP includes the more-or-less moderate Bush contingent and the ultra-conservative wing that propelled Patrick J. Buchanan to prominence in the primary season. It also features a committed anti-abortion group holding fast against a growing pro-choice movement in the party. But the groups appear more fractious than united...
...They played the convention as if the only place those televisions were going on were right-wing nutso households," says Democratic political analyst Bob Beckel...
...They've always been fearful of the right wing because they don't understand it," says former Reagan staffer Ed Rollins. "This was not a convention controlled by the right wing. This was a convention that was turned over to the right wing...
...party led by Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld '66, who takes a far more liberal position on social issues including gay rights and abortion, is also growing in prominence and size. Many predict that in 1996 the Republicans will be much more tolerant of the pro-abortion rights wing of the party...